{"id":25753,"date":"2024-12-29T08:56:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T03:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oyspa.com\/blog\/?p=25753"},"modified":"2024-12-29T08:56:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T03:26:52","slug":"jasprit-bumrah-becomes-fastest-indian-to-record-200-test-wickets-in-8484-balls-during-boxing-day-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oyspa.com\/blog\/sports\/jasprit-bumrah-becomes-fastest-indian-to-record-200-test-wickets-in-8484-balls-during-boxing-day-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Jasprit Bumrah becomes fastest Indian to record 200 Test wickets in 8484 balls during Boxing Day Test"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bumrah, who made his debut in January 2018, also became the first bowler to achieve 200 Test wickets with a sub-20 bowling average at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jasprit Bumrah on Sunday became the fastest Indian bowler to reach 200 Test wickets during the Boxing Day Test against Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Melbourne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After snapping four wickets in the first innings, Bumrah reached the landmark with his second wicket in Australia\u2019s second innings on Day 4 of the Test. Bumrah dismissed Travis Head for 1 to mark his milestone 200th wicket in his 44th Test, joining contemporaries Pat Cummins and\u00a0Kagiso Rabada, who also crossed the mark in 44 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We only believe in Jassi bhai \ud83d\ude0e<br><br>200 Test Wickets for Boom Boom Bumrah \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25<br><br>He brings up this milestone with the big wicket of Travis Head.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TeamIndia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#TeamIndia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AUSvIND?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#AUSvIND<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jaspritbumrah93?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Jaspritbumrah93<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QiiyaCi7BX\">pic.twitter.com\/QiiyaCi7BX<\/a><\/p>&mdash; BCCI (@BCCI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BCCI\/status\/1873202014798397870?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 29, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quickest Indian to 200 wickets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Bumrah nabbed his 200th Test wicket off only the 8484th legal delivery he has bowled in the format, making him the fastest Indian to the mark in terms of balls bowled, eclipsing\u00a0Mohammed Shami\u00a0who took his 200th wicket from his 9896th delivery. Overall, Bumrah ranks the fourth-quickest bowler to reach 200 scalps, behind Waqar Younis,\u00a0Dale Steyn, and Kagiso Rabada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fewest balls to 200 Test wickets<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Waqar Younis \u2013 7725<br>Dale Steyn \u2013 7848<br>Kagiso Rabada \u2013 8154<br>Jasprit Bumrah \u2013 8484*<br>Malcolm Marshall \u2013 9234<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bumrah, who made his debut in January 2018, also became the first bowler to achieve 200 wickets with a sub-20 bowling average (19.56). No bowler has amassed more wickets at a better bowling average than Bumrah, with Rabada appearing the closest among active players. Among bowlers in the 200-club, Bumrah\u2019s strike rate is only bettered by Rabada (39.42) and Steyn (42.38).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oyspa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Jasprit-Bumrah-becomes-fastest-Indian-to-record-200-Test-wickets-in-8484-balls-during-Boxing-Day-Test.webp?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"806\" height=\"605\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oyspa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Jasprit-Bumrah-becomes-fastest-Indian-to-record-200-Test-wickets-in-8484-balls-during-Boxing-Day-Test.webp?resize=806%2C605&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"asprit Bumrah becomes fastest Indian to record 200 Test wickets in 8484 balls during Boxing Day Test\" class=\"wp-image-25754\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oyspa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Jasprit-Bumrah-becomes-fastest-Indian-to-record-200-Test-wickets-in-8484-balls-during-Boxing-Day-Test.webp?w=806&amp;ssl=1 806w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oyspa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Jasprit-Bumrah-becomes-fastest-Indian-to-record-200-Test-wickets-in-8484-balls-during-Boxing-Day-Test.webp?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oyspa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Jasprit-Bumrah-becomes-fastest-Indian-to-record-200-Test-wickets-in-8484-balls-during-Boxing-Day-Test.webp?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 806px) 100vw, 806px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">asprit Bumrah becomes fastest Indian to record 200 Test wickets in 8484 balls during Boxing Day Test<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In terms of matches, only off-spinner R Ashwin (38 matches) has scaled 200 wickets quicker than Bumrah among Indian bowlers. With his first wicket of the innings, Bumrah also became only the third pacer after Cummins and Mitchell Starc to complete 150 Test wickets in the ICC World Test Championship since 2019. Only Ashwin has bagged (195) more WTC wickets than Bumrah (151*) among Indian bowlers across three cycles of the championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fewest balls to 200 Test wickets for India<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>8484 \u2013 Jasprit Bumrah<br>9896 Mohammed Shami<br>10248 R Ashwin<br>11066 Kapil Dev<br>11989\u00a0Ravindra Jadeja<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bumrah, who made his debut in January 2018, also became the first bowler to achieve 200 Test wickets with a 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